Thursday, 9 August 2012

Rivals, Virtus Entella promoted to Lega Pro Prima Divisione

Virtus Entella stadium in Chiavari

The next Hellas Verona rival in the second round of the Coppa Italia are Virtus Entella.
The liguri, that won 2-0 in the first round against Reggiana at Giglio, play their home games in Chiavari (between Genova and La Spezia) in an all-weather pitch with reduced size, 103x64 meters. The game against Hellas will be played in Chiavari next Sunday at 20:30 (19:30 GMT) due to Bentegodi press-room renovations.

Entella, celebrated two days ago the access to the Lega Pro Prima Divisione after some teams have refused to enter in the League due to financial problems. The promotion came after the liguri were beated in the plat-off final last year against Cuneo in Lega Pro Seconda Divisione.
Entella, that play their home games in a light blue and white stripes, have some good players for the category has they have signed Ighli Vannucchi, who was the first goal-scorer against Reggiana, from Serie B neo-promoted Spezia, Mattia Marchi, on loan from Novara, captain Gennaro Volpe, former Cittadella and Mantova midfielder and Marco Pisanu, former Hellas Verona midfielder.